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Summerville Medical Center partners with Kids and Car Safety Safety Initiative
When Deona Ryan talks about the dangers of leaving children unattended in cars, she makes her point in a powerful way. Having lost her own daughter to heat stroke due to being left in a hot car by a babysitter.
Special Report: 2-year-old run over by vehicle could have been saved
Kordyn’s parents believe their son’s death could have been prevented had their Dodge Durango been equipped with a simple yet effective mechanism — a brake-shift interlock — that prevents the shift lever from moving out of park until the brake pedal is depressed.
Back-over accidents not uncommon nationally
The accident that left a 3-year-old boy dead after his grandfather unwittingly backed over him is similar to ones that happen across the nation every week.
Change of dad’s routine led to baby’s death in car
“There’s nothing worse than the death of a child, but when a parent — the person who loves them most — is responsible, that’s the only thing that could be worse.”
Emergency Trunk-Release Lever Saves Lives
For the 2002 model year, all cars were required to feature a standard glow-in-the-dark trunk-release lever, which opens the compartment from the inside in the event of an emergency. Since the mandate, no children have died in the trunk of a car equipped with the lever, but accidental trunk entrapment in older cars has killed at least 22 children since 2002, according to safety watchdog and advocacy group Kids and Car Safety.
